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Applioution fled @ur present inventi Ital-ates o hand ba s, and more pagncularly the frame and locking arrange ent thereof.

@ne of the objects of ourinvention is the provision of a frame and locking structure which will enable the produetion of handbags more quickly and more economically.

Another object of our invention is the provision of a handbag structure possessing act 11 vantages from the'standp, int fullness of contour and increase in width at the frame opening.

For the attainment of the foregoing ob jects and such other objects as may hereinafter appear or be pointed out, we have illustrated one embodiment of our invention in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevational View of our frame;

Figure 2 is a side elevational View thereof in closed position, the dotted lines showing the frame structure in open position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional View taken on lines 33 of Figure 1 with the handbag fabric shown in dotted lines;

Figure 4 is a top plan elevation looking down upon the frame of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the bag employing the frame of Figure 1.

Upon viewing the drawing of Figure 1, it

will be; observed that our invention is illustrated as embodied in a frame structure adapted to provide a handbag having an inner compartment and an outer compartment because our invention serves certain advantages in connection with such a frame.

The reference character'10, is .appliedin Figure 1, to the main or outer frame and reference character 11, to the inner frame.

The frame 10, as shown more clearly in Figures 2, 3 and 4,comprises the members 15 and 16, each generally U-shaped and pivoted at the free ends of the le s of the U to the aligned pins 18. Each of the frame members 15 and 16 of the main frame is preferably,

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Serial lie, 92 7,374- I although not necessa tion as shown more clearly provide inner oute st and 21, and a e frgrmed in each frame between these and bottom, it will be observed, eaten" upwardiy and outwardly for purposes that wwl be hereinafter more fully pointed out.

Secured to the inner wall, 20, of the channel 23., in each of these frame members 15 and ltivand at a point substantially midway of the connecting web of the is an upstanding locking member 24} or 25, provided with; inter-engaging portions 26, and 27, (see Fig ure 4) to serve as a spring lock for holding the two frame members 15 and 16, in closed position and also to permit of their release in the well known manner. The application of pressure to the members 24 and 25 in opposite directions will cause the members 26 and 27 tospring past each other either in opening or closing the frame, 10.

The inner frame structure 11, is formed of two frame members, also each generally in the form of a U and also each pivoted at the free ends of the legs of the U on the aligned pins 18, which pins are made sufiiciently long to serve as bearings for the legs of both frames.

The interen aging locking members 24 and 25, are each illustrated in the drawings as in the form of open frames, the advantage of which will be well understood.

In the manufacture of the bag, the bag material (see 30 of Figure 5 is caused'at its upper end to engage about t e outer surface and over the top of the outer walls 21 of the channels 23, of the outer frame member and the free upper edges of the bag material is forced or passed into the channels 23 and secured therein in any desired or preferred manner. The arrangement of the locking members 24 and 25, due to the fact that they are carried from the inner walls 20 of the channels 23, is such that the ba ma erial can be secured in position in the simple, economical, efiicient and labor saving manner set forth and in addition covers those metallic portions of the outer frame which ordinarily are exposed to view.

The inner frame, 11, is, as already set forth, of the more or less conventional type and the fabric is secured thereto in any desired or preferred manner, to form the inner container of the handbag and as the manner of the 7 construction of the inner pocket has no bear ing upon our invention, no further description thereof is believed to be necessary.

In Figure 5, of the drawing, we have shown in perspective a finished handbag employing the frame structure of Figure 1 and it will be understood from the description of the construction of the outer frame members 15 and 16, and of the manner in which the material of the outer bag is associated therewith, and of the relationship thereto of the position of the locking members 24 and 25, that the bag as a whole is given a changed outer contour and that the mouth of the bag is wider than is the case in connection with the type of the bag hitherto constructed.

Having thus described our invention and illustrated its use, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 2- 1. A handbaw frame comprising U-shaped members hinged to each other at the free ends of the legs of the U, each member being channeled inwardly to provide s aced inner and outer walls extending upwar ly and outwardly, whereby the upper and outer ends of the handbag fabric can be passed over the outer surfaces of the outer walls of the channels and over the top edges of such walls and secured in position in such channels, and means for holding said frame members against separation, said means comprising members carrid by the said inner walls and independent of the securing means for the handba fabric.

2. A liandba frame comprising -shape0l members hinge to each other at the free ends wardly and outwardly, means for securing said frame members against separation comprising members extending upwardl the up er edges of the inner walls, an handbagfa ric passed over the upper edges of and about the outer walls and secured in the channels independently of said securing members. In witness whereof we have signed this specification this 6th day of Jul 1929.

CHARLES J. Mo ABE. IRVING SCHOENHOLZ.

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of the legs of the U, each member being channeled inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer walls extending upwardly and outward" 1y, whereby the upper and outer ends of the handbag fabric can be passed over the outer surfaces of the outer walls of the channels and over the top edges of such walls, and secured in position in such channels, and means for securing said frame members against separation, said means comprising members mounted on the said inner walls and extending upwardly substantially in the planethereof whereby the handbag fabric can be readily cn aged in said channels and secured therein in ependently of said securing members.

3. A handbag comprising a frame made up of U-shaped members hinged to each other at the free ends of the legs of the U, each member being channeled inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer walls extending up 

